RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Emma Darwin. [1840]. Abstract of Hearne, A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean, etc. CUL-DAR205.5.31. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.5 contains notes on the principle of divergence, transitional organs and instincts.

Hearne, Samuel. 1795. A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean, undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772. London.


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p. 386 Ground squirrels are never found in woody parts of N. America, but are very plentiful on barren grounds. lay up winter stock, feed on grass & tufts of willow

= Hearne's Travels =

= like ground-woodpeckers.=

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